{"id":5896,"date":"2013-01-15T02:07:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T23:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2015-12-29T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T14:53:10","slug":"tumpussa-reika-eika-hole-on-my-thumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5896","title":{"rendered":"Tumpussa reik\u00e4? Eik\u00e4! \/ Hole on my thumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aina ei voi tehd\u00e4 vain uutta, joskus on ihan pakko my\u00f6s korjata. Neulomani tumput kestiv\u00e4t noin kolme vuotta ja pari p\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4 sitten peukaloon ilmestyi reik\u00e4. Ik\u00e4v\u00e4 kyll\u00e4 en ehtinyt paikkauspuuhiin samantien joten reik\u00e4 ehti suurentua ik\u00e4v\u00e4sti.<\/p>\n<p>Parsinta-tapoja on monenlaisia. Itse tykk\u00e4\u00e4n eniten tavasta jossa j\u00e4ljitell\u00e4\u00e4n neulottuja silmukoita. T\u00e4ll\u00e4 tavalla voidaan my\u00f6s vahvistaa herkemmin kulutukselle alttiita kohtia kuten kyyn\u00e4rp\u00e4it\u00e4 tai jo ohuemmaksi kuluneita alueita. Jos t\u00e4ll\u00e4 tavalla paikataan reik\u00e4, tarvitaan apuv\u00e4lineeksi sopivan paksuinen sukkapuikko jonka ymp\u00e4rille on helpompi muodostaa s\u00e4\u00e4nn\u00f6llisen kokoisia silmukoita niihin kohtiin, joista lanka on jo kulunut kokonaan poikki. Muissa kohdissa on helpompi kirist\u00e4\u00e4 lanka jo olemassa olevan silmukan kokoiseksi.<\/p>\n<p>Silmukoita j\u00e4ljitelless\u00e4 ommellaan silmukat alkuper\u00e4isi\u00e4 silmukoita mukaillen, kanavaneulan ja langan avulla. Minulla oli j\u00e4ljell\u00e4 tumppuihin k\u00e4ytt\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4ni lankaa, mutta yht\u00e4 lailla voi k\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 my\u00f6s kontrastiv\u00e4rist\u00e4 lankaa, kunhan se vastaa paksuudeltaan alkuper\u00e4ist\u00e4 lankaa. Rei\u00e4n lis\u00e4ksi kannattaa vahvistaa my\u00f6s reilummin rei\u00e4n ymp\u00e4rilt\u00e4 sill\u00e4 siihen viereen luultavasti muodostuu uusi reik\u00e4 hyvin pian jos vahvistusta ei ole tehty riitt\u00e4v\u00e4n pitk\u00e4lle. Jos jaksaa n\u00e4hd\u00e4 vaivaa niin paikatun alueen voi suunnitella my\u00f6s kuvion muotoon, esim syd\u00e4n tai salmiakkikuvio voivat n\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 hauskalta <span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>(m\u00e4 en jaksanut)<\/strong><\/span>. Huomioi kuviota suunnitellessasi paikattavan alueen koko ja muoto.<\/p>\n<p>Vaikka t\u00e4t\u00e4 tapaa k\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n p\u00e4\u00e4asiassa reikien paikkaukseen, voi samalla menetelm\u00e4ll\u00e4 my\u00f6s kirjoa neuleita. J\u00e4ljittelem\u00e4ll\u00e4 neulepintaa kontrastiv\u00e4risin langoin voit ommella yksiv\u00e4riseen neuleeseen kirjoneuletta muistuttavia kuvioita. Isoihin kuvioihin tekniikka on kuitenkin v\u00e4h\u00e4n turhan ty\u00f6l\u00e4s, mutta sopii jos haluat esim pirist\u00e4\u00e4 vanhaa neuletta pikkukuviolla. Parsinnassa hyv\u00e4n\u00e4 apuna voi k\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 parsintasient\u00e4 tai -munaa. Itse en omista kumpaakaan, eiv\u00e4tk\u00e4 ne olisi peukalon sis\u00e4\u00e4n mahtuneetkaan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/inenglish.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7004\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/inenglish.gif?resize=214%2C100\" alt=\"inenglish\" width=\"214\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t always just make new stuff, sometimes you have to repair. Mittens that I knitted, lasted about three years and couple days ago a hole appeared on the right thumb. Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t find the time to fix it straight away, so it got bigger.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different methods for darning. My favourite method is to imitate knitted texture. You can also use this method to reinforce areas that are prone to wear easily, like elbows, or those areas that have already gone thin. If you use it for repairs, you might need knitting needle to form symmetrical stitches to those areas that doesn&#8217;t have any stitches left. In other areas it is easy to follow the sizes of the old stitches.<\/p>\n<p>Use thick ballpoint needle and yarn with suitable thickness. I still had some leftover yarn from knitting these, which I could use for darning, but you can also use any other yarn. Try contrasting colours if you like, as long as it&#8217;s about the same thickness than the original yarn. You should also reinforce far enough around the hole, because new holes are likely to appear right next to the darned spot. If you can be bothered, you can design pretty shape for darning, like heart or diamond <span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>(I didn&#8217;t bother with it)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though this method is mainly used for darning, you can also use it as a method of embroidery. Imitating the knit you can sew contrast colour embroidery which looks very much like fair isle-knit or other multicoloured knitpattern. However this technique might be a bit too much of an effort for very large images, but works nicely if you just want to refresh your old cardigan. You can use darning mushroom or darning egg if you like. I don&#8217;t own either, and they wouldn&#8217;t have fitted inside the thumb anyway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens1.jpg?resize=450%2C618\" alt=\"mittens1\" width=\"450\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens1.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens1.jpg?resize=145%2C200 145w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens1.jpg?resize=218%2C300 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>It&#8217;s a hole!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens2.jpg?resize=450%2C623\" alt=\"mittens2\" width=\"450\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens2.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens2.jpg?resize=144%2C200 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens2.jpg?resize=216%2C300 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lanka\u00a0 muodostaa er\u00e4\u00e4nlaista kiharaa. K\u00e4yt\u00e4 rei\u00e4n kohdalla<br \/>\nsukkapuikkoa <\/strong><strong>apuna silmukoiden muodostamiseen.<br \/>\nPesukin olisi varmaan ollut tarpeen n\u00e4ille tumpuille. \/<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> <em><strong>Thread is supposed to form curls of some sort. On the hole,<br \/>\nuse knitting <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>needle to help to form symmetrical loops.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> <em><strong>Looks like these mittens could have also used some wash.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens4.jpg?resize=450%2C623\" alt=\"mittens4\" width=\"450\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens4.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens4.jpg?resize=144%2C200 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens4.jpg?resize=216%2C300 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Ehj\u00e4ss\u00e4 neuleessa lanka kulkee vuoroin yl\u00f6s silmukan alle,<br \/>\nvuoroin alas silmukan sis\u00e4\u00e4n, jne. \/<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> <em><strong>On solid knit, yarn follows blue line, up under the stitch,<br \/>\ndown inside the stitch, etc.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens3.jpg?resize=450%2C617\" alt=\"mittens3\" width=\"450\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens3.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens3.jpg?resize=145%2C200 145w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mittens3.jpg?resize=218%2C300 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Paikattu reik\u00e4. \/ <em>Darned hole.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aina ei voi tehd\u00e4 vain uutta, joskus on ihan pakko my\u00f6s korjata. Neulomani tumput kestiv\u00e4t noin kolme vuotta ja pari p\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4 sitten peukaloon ilmestyi reik\u00e4. Ik\u00e4v\u00e4 kyll\u00e4 en ehtinyt paikkauspuuhiin samantien joten reik\u00e4 ehti suurentua ik\u00e4v\u00e4sti. Parsinta-tapoja on monenlaisia. Itse tykk\u00e4\u00e4n eniten tavasta jossa j\u00e4ljitell\u00e4\u00e4n neulottuja silmukoita. T\u00e4ll\u00e4 tavalla voidaan my\u00f6s vahvistaa herkemmin kulutukselle alttiita&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5896\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,27,7],"tags":[232,153,126],"class_list":["post-5896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-evilompelee","category-projektit","tag-diy","tag-mending","tag-sewing-other-crafts","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2H8as-1x6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5896"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10987,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5896\/revisions\/10987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}